c 1732 Peter Good was born, son of Jacob Good and Susannah Scherer. [1]
1769 Christina Good was named as a minor daughter (guardian not named) of Christian Good in a deed between her mother, Magdalena, and her oldest brother, John. [2]
1771 Two Peter Goods were taxed in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. One for 300 acres, 5 horses, and 5 cattle, and 1 servant. Another for 150 acres, 2 horses and 3 cattle.
1777 Peter Guth and Christine Guth, daughter of Christian Guth (Mennonite), were married on December 15, at Cocalico Reformed Church in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] [5] [6]
1778-1780 The names of several son and sons-in-law of Christian Good appeared on a list of fines (cash received of delinguents for non-performance of militia duty and exercise) in Lancaster County [7] in Col. David Jenkin's Battalion [8]: Michael Wenger; Henry, Jacob, and Peter Good; Christian Swartz [9]; Henry Good; Samuel, Peter, Jacob, Christian Good; and George Klopper [10].
1789 Christina Good, wife of Peter Good, was listed as an heir of Christian Good, deceased, in Lancaster County Orphans Court records dated August 5. [11]
After 1789 Peter Good, son of Jacob, moved to Cumberland County. [12] [13] [14] [15]
1781-89 Peter Good was not named on the tax list for West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County. [16] [17] [18] , [19] [20] [21]
1790 Peter Good received a patent for land in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County on June 2. Adjacent landowners were Ezekiel Dunning and Adam Hays. [22] Peter received a warrant for the land dated JUne 1. The original survey was made for James Love. [23] [24]
1790 Peter Good of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County mortgaged land to Thomas Love. Adjacent lands were owned by Gabriel Glenn, Joseph Hays, Paul Pierce. Another tract was adjacent to land of Ezekiel Dunning. [25]
1793-1802 Peter Good (sometimes Jr and Senior were isted separately) was taxed in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
1794 Peter Good of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County mortgaged land to Jacob Wiser, merchant. One tract was adjacent to lands of Paul Pierce, Joseph Hays, Ezekiel Denning, Gabriel Glen. Another tract was adjacent to lands of John and James Love. [31]
1795 Peter Good and wife Christina sold land to Tom Lockman a free negro and fiddler, both of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, on August 18. The tract was adjacent to lands of Joseph Pierce, John Bassler, and Peter Good. The land was part of a land patent granted on June 2, 1790 to Peter. [32] Tom's widow Catharine sold the land back to Peter Good on April 24, 1800, as directed in Tom's will. [33] [34]
1797 Peter Good and wife Christina of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County sold land to Thomas Buchanan on May 16. The tract was adjacent to lands of John Love. [35]
1800 Peter Good (perhaps a son) lived in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), 1 (26 thru 44), and 1 (45 and over); and females: 2 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over). [36]
1805 Peter and John Good were taxed in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County. [37]
1807 The will of Peter Good of West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania was dated on September 5. The will named wife Christine, daughter Christine, son John, children of deceased son Henry and "all my children". Son-in-law Abraham Diller and friend John Bear were named executors. The probate date was October 21, 1807. [38] [39]
1808 "Good heirs (76 acres)" and John Good were taxed in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County. [40]
1809 Abraham Diller and John Bear gave an account of the estate to the court (some time on or after May 16). [41]
1810 John Good lived in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (Under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 2 (Under 10) and 1 (45 and over, perhaps widow Christina Good). [42]
1811 John Good was taxed in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County. [43]
1820 John Good lived in West Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 4 (Under 10) and 2 (10 thru 15). [Widow Christina was not in this household]. [44]
Peter Good had several children. [45] [46]
Research Notes:
Various researchers have named various parents and spouses for the Peter Good who died in 1807. We do not know which, if any, is correct.
"From the list it appears that at that time Peter Good was the proprietor of a saw-mill and hemp-mill. This latter was a machine for preparing the fibre of hemp for spinning. A large stone, in the shape of the frustrum of a cone, was made to roll by machinery propelled by water-power on the hemp spread out on a circular floor prepared for the purpose. At that time all the grist-mills spoken of had special machinery adapted to the hulling of spelt (Triticum Spelta, a cereal resembling wheat, but covered with thick husks), which had been brought by the early immigrants from their old homes across the water. It was also called "German wheat." But the cultivation of hemp and spelt has long since been abandoned, and mills of that kind are no longer in use." [There were several men named Peter Good, I am uncertain about which one this quote refers to.][47]
Peter was characterized as a Yeoman (farmer). "Came on hard times". [48]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[2] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed LL-252 to 256, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Bethany United Church of Christ, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Donna R. Irish, Pennsylvania German Marriages (1982), 60, Cocalico Reformed Church, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 26, GC3g.
[7] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 360, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[8] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 361-366, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[9] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 364, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[10] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 6 (Revolution 1777-1789, Lieutenants) (1896), 366, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[11] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous Book 1789-157, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Mary Elizabeth Good, A lineage of Jacob Good and his brother Christian Good (c 1954), 2, [FHLCatalog].
[13] Goodspeed Brothers, publishers, Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties (1893), 741, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[14] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.
[15] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 674, right column, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[16] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1781, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1782, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1785, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[19] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1787, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1788, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[21] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1789, Good not listed, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[22] Pennsylvania. Patent P16-300, IGN=008715684, image 27, [FamilySearchImage].
[23] Warrant register: Pennsylvania. Land Records 1682–1950, IGN=008715251, image 143, [FamilySearchImage].
[24] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C116-82, [PA Survey Map], [PASurveyBooksIndex].
[25] Cumberland. Deed I-259, IGN=008035087, image 484, [FamilySearchImage].
[26] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1793, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[27] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1793, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[28] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1795, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[29] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1799, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[30] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1802, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[31] Cumberland. Deed L-59, IGN=007856868, image 396, [FamilySearchImage].
[32] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Deed L-536, IGN=007856868, image 637, [FamilySearchImage].
[33] Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills, Cumberland. Wills 1750–1803, image 520, [FamilySearchImage].
[34] Cumberland. Deeds 1825–1828, IGN=008067034, image 412, [FamilySearchImage].
[35] Cumberland. Deed O-252, IGN=008067032, image 145, [FamilySearchImage].
[36] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[37] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1805, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[38] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, G-264, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[39] Pennsylvania. County Court (Cumberland County), Cumberland. Will G-264, image 132, [FamilySearchImage].
[40] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, 1808, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[41] Cumberland. Court Dockets 1804–1815, image 218, [FamilySearchImage].
[42] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[43] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[44] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[45] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19-20, GC21.
[46] Ruth I. Good, The Good Family Record (1904), 3, [FHLCatalog].
[47] Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches (1883), 676, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[48] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 19, GC21.